902. HUNTER, John W. Rise and Fall of the Mission San Saba, to Which is Appended a Brief History of the Bowie or Almagres Mine, Also a Sketch of Summerland and Its Builders. N.p., 1905. 84 pp., photographic illustrations, folding map. 8vo, original tan printed wrappers. Wrappers browned, stained, and chipped, endpapers and margins foxed, overall good.

First edition.CBC 3283. HowesH817. $125

903. HUNTER, John W. Rise and Fall of the Mission San Saba, to Which is Appended a Brief History of the Bowie or Almagres Mine, Also a Sketch of Summerland and Its Builders. Bandera: Frontier Times, 1935. [4] 84 pp. 8vo, original grey printed wrappers, stapled. Wrappers foxed, endpapers and margins foxed, else fine.

905. [MAP]. TEXAS. GENERAL LAND OFFICE. Map of Menard County, Texas. [below title] I, W.C. Walsh, Commissioner General Land Office do certify that the above Map of Menard County is a true and correct copy of the Map now in use in this Office compiled from official data. [upper right] Lithographed by August Gast & Cos New Process, St. Louis [upper left] Copyright 1879. W.C. Walsh, Commissioner of the Genl Land Office of the State of Texas. St. Louis: Gast, 1879. Uncolored lithograph map mounted on poster board, overall sheet size: 46 x 61.4 cm. Small tears to right blank margin (repaired with tape on poster board verso) and at lower center of map, tape stains to blank margin of upper right corner, surface of map stained from adhesive used in mounting to poster board, notations in ink and pencil to map. $400

906. [SAN SABA PAINTING]. Brochure illustrating the untitled painting of the destruction of the Franciscan mission of San Saba in the Province of Texas, ca. 1760. Austin: David Holman at Wind River Press for Dorothy Sloan, November 1989. Small oblong folio brochure with large color illustration of painting and two pages of text with Spanish and English versions of the legends on the painting. New, as issued.

909. GRIFFIN, John Howard. Land of the High Sky. Midland: First National Bank of Midland, 1959. [4] xv [3] 212 pp. 8vo, original green cloth. Spine bumped, off-setting of d.j. onto endpapers, otherwise very good in a chipped, discolored, and price-clipped d.j.

921. [MAP]. [TEXAS]. [GENERAL LAND OFFICE]. Morris County. General Land Office. [lower left above neat line] Copyright 1879 Wm. C. Walsh Commr Genl Land Office State of Texas. Lithographed by A. Gast & Co’s New Process St. Louis. [lower right above neat line] I Wm C Walsh, Commissioner of General Land Office State of Texas Certify this to be a true and Correct Copy of the map now in use in this office and Compiled from Official data. Austin September 1880. [facsimile signature] W.C. Walsh. St. Louis: Gast, 1880. Uncolored lithograph map mounted on poster board, neat line to neat line: 56.4 x 24.2 cm; overall sheet size: 61.3 x 28.2 cm. Top portion of sheet darkened, map surface lightly rubbed and soiled. $375

923. CAMPBELL, Harry H. The Early History of Motley County. Wichita Falls: Nortex, 1971. 74 pp., 12 pages of photographic plates. 12mo, original beige cloth. Other than slightly shelf-slanted spine and foxing to endpapers, a very fine copy in a lightly sunned and spotted d.j.

925. BROWN, Nugent E. (comp.). The Book of Nacogdoches County, Texas, Containing Brief Sketches of Early History of the County with Outstanding Facts about the Present Progress of Its Agriculture, the County’s Resources, Development and Opportunities. Nacogdoches: Nugent E. Brown, 1927. 96 pp., folding map, numerous advertisements, photographic illustrations. 8vo, original blue wrappers. Wrappers soiled and lightly chipped, margins foxed, otherwise fine. Inscribed by compiler.